Ben Pearson, Inc. v. John Rust Co.

This suit was brought by appellees against appellant to recover approximately $150,-000 alleged due as royalties on cotton picking machines accruing under a “License Agreement,” or contract, executed by the parties April 1, 1949. This action covers the period from January 1, 1950, to June 30, 1951. The trial court, at the close of all the testimony held, in effect, that the terms and provisions of the License Agreement were plain and unambiguous, that no issue was made for the jury, that only a question of law was involved, that the construction and meaning of the contract was for the court…